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Primary Research:
Crash & Sled Tests; Authoritative Accident
Investigations, Reports to Congress, etc.
(Listed alphabetically, in reverse chronological order)
Special Report 222: Improving School Bus Safety
Transportation Research Board,
National Research Council
Washington, D.C., 1989

Safety Study--Performance of Lap/Shoulder Belts
in 167 Motor Vehicle Crashes (Volume 1)

National Transportation Safety Board
Bureau of Safety Programs
Report No. NTSB/SS-88/02
Washington, DC, March 1, 1988

Safety Study--Crashworthiness of
Large Poststandard School Buses;

National Transportation Safety Board.
Bureau of Safety Programs
Report NTSB/SS-87/01.
Washington, D.C., 1987

Safety Belts on School Buses:
The Texas Experience,

Texas Transportation Institute,
Texas A & M University System
by Haltfield, Nancy J., and Womack, Katie N.
September, 1986

Safety Study -- Performance of
Lap Belts in 26 Frontal Crashes

National Transportation Safety Board
Bureau of Accident Investigation
Report No. NTSB/SS-86/03
Washington, DC, July 28, 1986

School Bus Safety Study-Volume I;
Traffic Safety Standards and Research,
Crashworthiness Section, Transport Canada;
by Farr, G.N., Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 1985

Thomas Built Buses Side Impact Crash Tests
Calspan Research
Thomas Built Buses, Inc., 1986

School Bus Passenger Seat and Lap Belt Sled Tests;
DOT HS-804-985, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
by Bayer, A.R., Washington, D.C., 1978.

School Bus Passenger Protection;
Society of Automotive Engineers
Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering,
University of California at Los Angeles,
by Severy, Derwyn M.; Brink, Harrison M. and Baird, Jack.
Los Angeles, CA, 1967

Secondary Sources:
Statistical Analysis, Position Papers, Legislative Reports,
Medical Papers, Technical Reports, Resource Manuals, etc.
(Listed alphabetically, in reverse chronological order)
Safety Belt Issues Still Locked Up
National Safety Council
Safety Driver Series, 1997

Seat Belts on School Buses
A Review of Issues and Research

Adopted from a paper prepared for the
North Carolina School Bus Safety Conference
University of North Carolina
Highway Safety Research Center
February 29, 1996, Raleigh, N.C.

School Transportation Safety
A position paper of the American Academy of Pediatrics
(revised) May 1996

Seat Belts on Large School Buses
A position paper of the National Association of
State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, 1996

To Belt or Not to Belt?
Experiences of School Districts that Operate
Large School Buses Equipped with Seat Belts

Center for Urban Transportation Research
College of Engineering, University of South Florida
by Baltes, Michael R. et al., Tampa, FL, August, 1994

Florida School Bus Occupant Safety;
Center for Urban Transportation Research,
College of Engineering, University of South Florida
by Baltes, Michael R. et. al., Tampa, FL, 1993

School Bus Safety Belt Study,
New Jersey Institute of Technology,
Center for Transportation Studies and Research
New Jersey Dept. of Law and Public Safety
Office of Highway Traffic Safety
December 1989

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
<> Vol. 20, No. 5, May 11, 1987

Evaluating the Seat Belt Issue
Issues in Pupil Transportation
Association of School Business Officials International, 1987

School Bus Seat Belt Study;
Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.,
submitted to the California Highway Patrol,
Motor Carrier Section
Sacramento, CA, 1987.

School Bus Safety Belts: Their Use,
Carryover Effects and Administrative Issues.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
by Gardner, A.M. et. al., Washington, DC, February, 1986

Increasing School Bus Safety for New York State's
Children Through Seat Belts on School Buses and Elimination of Standees!

A Report to the Legislature by the New York State
Legislative Commission on Critical Transportation Choices.
Chairman, Senator Norman J. Levy, April, 1986

National Coalition for Seat Belts on
School Buses: Resource Manual

3rd edition, 238 pages
September, 1986

School Bus Safety Belts: Their Use, Carryover
Effects and Administrative Issues.
Report DOT HS 806 965.
NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Gardner, A.M. and M. Goldhammer, 1986

The Compelling Case For Seat Belts on School Buses.
Pediatrics, 78(5)
by Spital, Martha B.A., Spital, Aaron, M.D.
& Spital, Robin, Ph.D.
Rochester, New York. 1986

School Bus Safety Study
(Vol.I). Report TP 62222E.
Transport Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Farr, G.C., 1985

Seat Belts in School Buses
Materials assembled and condensed by
Thomas Built Buses, Inc., 1984

Possibiliites of Development in Bus Safety;
TUV Rheinland Institute for Traffic Safety,
by Rompe, Klaus and Kroger
Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany, 1984

Protection for School Bus Occupants,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
DOT HS 806 000, 1981

Statistical Evaluation of the Effectiveness of
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222:

School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection
Transportation Research Board, 1989
U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C
Northrop et. al., 1980

Development of a Unitized School Bus,
Volume 1 - Summary Report;
DOT HS-802-004, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
by Adams, L., et. al., Washington, D.C., 1978.

A Study Relating to Seat Belts for Use in Buses;
Prepared for the California Highway Patrol
by the Southwest Research Institute,
by Ursell, C. R., Sacramento, CA, 1976

School Bus Seat Restraints and Seat Anchorage Systems
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1972

Combined Visceral and Vertebral
Injuries from Lap Type Seat Belts

Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics
Drs. Ritchie, Ersek, Buch and Simmons, 1970

Application of Collision Research Findings
to School Bus Passenger Safety;

National Safety Council,
Transactions, pps. 78-81
by Severy, Derwyn M.
October 1964

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